1 Mar 2003Article
MULTIMODULAR GOITRE AS AN ORGAN DISEASE: STUDY ON THE INCESSANT NODULOGENESIS. BIOLOGICAL BASIS FOR THE INDICATION OF TOTAL THYROIDECTOMY
La. Giacomelli 1E. Gagliarducci 1G. Guerriero 1D. Feroci 1S. Ferri 1R.P. Iachetta 1G. Fabrizio 1
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Article Info
1 Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche VI Patologia Chirurgica - III Clinica Chirurgica, I Facoltà di Medicina Università di Roma “La Sapienza”
Ann. Ital. Chir., 2003, 74(2), 155-158;
Published: 1 Mar 2003
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Abstract
Multinodular goitre is a very common pathology among people especially female adult and represents more than 90% of the thyroid surgery. We analyzed 37 patients, demonstrating that the whole gland is progressively affected by an incessant nodulogenesis and we confirm the necessity of total thyroidectomy in order to eliminate any persistent pathology.
Keywords
- Benign thyroid nodules
- surgical treatment
